Topic 3 feedback
Well done for all your efforts in topic 3 – certainly the most popular topic so far in terms of volume and enthusiasm, with lots of useful resources shared on twitter and discussed. Keep it up! Your individual feedback is now posted.
Quite rightly some of you noted that digital portfolios are more relevant for some types of job than others, and even then it would be very unusual indeed for an online profile to be the ONLY basis upon which a hiring decision was made. Yes there is lots of exciting innovation in this space, but don’t get too carried away by the hype! Taking a critical perspective on whatever issue being discussed is definitely a good approach (and by “critical” I don’t mean “rubbishing” the idea, but instead presenting a range of positive and negative perspectives on a topic so that an informed decision can be made)
So now make sure that you apply the points you have discussed in topic 3 to the development of your own digital profiles – remember that the other element of assessed work for this module is to reflect at the end of it on how your own professional profiles have developed.
You will find that topic 4 is also very “big” – this doesn’t mean longer and longer posts please (we warned about word limits in the last feedback) – as long as you acknowledge the broad scope of the topic, it is absolutely fine to focus on a specific aspect of it. Collectively, there should be a good coverage of a range of issues when everyone’s posts are all taken together. We will be interested to see what “ethical” aspects you each consider to be particularly important (or not important.
As we’ve said to many of you on your individual feedback, now that you are comfortable with the style and structure of the module, why not experiment a little? Try some video or audio input to your posts, for example. Expand your networks beyond the course – reach out to relevant people or companies on twitter, this could be to thank someone for their interesting post that you used, or to follow a company you might be interested in working for in the future.
Don’t forget to check the “announcements” section of the blog and the #uosm2033 regularly because there is a lot going on J